In my backup of about 50 client systems, I've most often configured the
client to backup the Startup Volume of a specified collection of volumes.
This choice was made to avoid the possibility of backing up CD-ROMs (which
are read-only anyway) and removable media which the user might want to
dismount while the backup was underway. (We do incrementals during the
day.)
If a colleague expected to have his/her Zip disk backed up along with the
rest of their volumes, they might be sorely disappointed. Moral: Check with
your backup administrator to ensure that the proper configuration of the
client exists to support backing up the removable volume(s).
HTH.
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NSWC - Carderock Division (301) 227-5930 (fax)
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> From: Hyde, Glenna M.
> Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2000 12:51 PM
> To: 'retro-talk'
> Subject: RE: Backup of removable volumes
>
> If the Zip disk can be left in the machine for night time backup,
> Retrospect
> will back it up as another volume on the client hard drive. Be sure the
> Zip is named so it can be retrieved later without looking up 10 or 15
> Zip100's.
>
> Thanks
> Glenna Hyde
> System Administrator/Artist
> Werner Ladder Co.
> 724-588-2000 ext 2391
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > ----------
> > From: Geoffrey Lee
> > Reply To: retro-talk
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2000 5:07 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Backup of removable volumes
> >
> >
> > Can anyone help me here.....
> >
> > We are using Retrospect 4.2 for macintosh.
> > There is a user who wants to be able to bring in an arbitrary zip disk,
> > put it into his machine during the day and have it backed up....
> >
> > We have backups running during the day (for laptops etc..), so this
> > should be quite simple. The problem is that we have to define each zip
> > disk that retrospect hasn't seen before as a volume on the client
> machine
> > before Retrospect will back it up.
> >
> > A daytime backup of the entire machine is not acceptable as this would
> > impede work.
> >
> > Is there a way to tell retrospect only to backup removable devices or,
> to
> > define the zip drive as a volume? Or does anyone know another way this
> can
> > be achieved.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> >
> > Geoff Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Computing Support
> > Human Communication Research Centre
> > University of Edinburgh
> > 2, Buccleuch Place
> > Edinburgh
> > EH8 9LW
> > Scotland, UK
> >
> >
> >
> >
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